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sarasmile2009
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On Graphic Haitus
15 years, 9 months & 20 days ago
16th Sep 2008 10:01

For those of you who don't know, I live in Houston, Texas. If you aren't aware of any current events, my city was recently hit by hurricane Ike, which left the US's 4th largest city in shambles. There is so much devestation, and so many people have lost everything because of this storm. No, it wasn't the "second Katrina", and it wasn't nearly as powerful, but this city has some major rebuilding to do.

My own house was severely damaged. Yes, I still have a house. No, I can not live in it anymore. During the storm a lot of the shingles from my roof blew away, leaving my attic exposed to the elements. A ton of rain got trapped in my attic, and started coming through my celing and walls. Eventually, the weight of the water became too much and my celing began to cave in. The celing caved in 3 different rooms, including my own bedroom. Our roof was recently patched up, but it the insulation from our attic fell through and made a mess of the affected rooms. This insulation is made of fiberglass, so it's not safe to touch or breathe in large quantities. This would not be a major problem, except that my home currently has no electricity, making the cleanup almost impossible. To effectively cleanup the mess, we'll need a power supply to be able to run a shopvac.

So, unfortunately, my family doesn't have a place to stay right now. Without any power at my home, I wont have any means of getting online, even if we are eventually able to stay there. Currently, we're staying at various friend's houses, most of which have electricity luckily.

I will likely not be able to make any graphics for a month or two :[

i live in the higher part of texas
115 years, 9 months & 11 days ago 24th Sep 2008 14:37
 
aw hon, i'm so sorry to hear that. (((huggles)))
115 years, 9 months & 12 days ago 23rd Sep 2008 19:55
 
Aw, I'm sorry to hear that. I live in Houston as well - Ike flooded my backyard, tore down our fences, and took down some shingles from the roof as well; but I was one of the luckier ones and our house will still survive, and we have power now.
115 years, 9 months & 13 days ago 23rd Sep 2008 08:18
 
i am so sorry
115 years, 9 months & 13 days ago 22nd Sep 2008 15:22
 
I live in Texas also, although I was not affected by Hurricane Ike other than I have a family staying with me.

I hope you soon get your things fixed, and it's such a shame your bedroom was greatly affected. I hope things get better.
115 years, 9 months & 16 days ago 19th Sep 2008 14:39
 
Call me Sarah.

*sigh*

I had help you if i could.
115 years, 9 months & 19 days ago 17th Sep 2008 10:46
 
That sucks, :[ I hope your home is fixed and that you find a place to stay in the meantime.
115 years, 9 months & 19 days ago 16th Sep 2008 15:09
 
Oh, that sucks >.< I hope you find somewhere to stay soon XP
115 years, 9 months & 20 days ago 16th Sep 2008 10:49
 
I understand.
Its hard.
I just hope things get better quickly for you.

=]
115 years, 9 months & 20 days ago 16th Sep 2008 10:37
 
  1. Perfectly Mara's 2nd AWARDS CONTEST!
    8th Jan 2009 17:50
    15 years, 5 months & 27 days ago
  2. Since Maramail is down...
    8th Jan 2009 14:30
    15 years, 5 months & 27 days ago
  3. yuckko
    26th Oct 2008 10:35
    15 years, 8 months & 11 days ago
  4. On Graphic Haitus
    16th Sep 2008 10:01
    15 years, 9 months & 20 days ago
  5. Perfectly Mara XD
    30th Jul 2008 21:17
    15 years, 11 months & 6 days ago
  6. new obsession!
    28th Jul 2008 15:56
    15 years, 11 months & 8 days ago
  7. birthdays =D
    8th Jul 2008 14:54
    15 years, 11 months & 28 days ago